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Whilst an easy and enjoyable read, I did come away from the book frustrated. Alderton was on the edge of something great here -- she's a natural born storyteller both in her writing and the speeches she recounts throughout the book -- but instead this memoir fell into the self-indulgent trap. From what I gathered through this text, the author has led quite a privileged life so far and I felt that she didn't do enough to acknowledge this. At no point does she recognise that growing up in/near London, attending private school, her whiteness and financial stability are at least part of the reason as to why she's successful now. Whilst this wasn't the theme of the memoir, which was love and relationships, I felt that ignoring these privileges made the book seem shallow. A quick google reveals she has since acknowledged her privilege in interviews. A quick google also reveals her real name is Hannah 😭

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adventurous challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

HUGE TW: EATING DISORDER !!!!(one whole chapter and a few small mentions about it afterwards)
I absolutely adore this book. this is really good if you want like a “big sister advise book”!! I don’t agree with everything or every “tip” she gives but that’s okay. we can have different views and opinions about stuff. I think this book is very well written and it’s not too complicated to understand.
I did not remember many of the side characters because they aren’t really that important in the book as they mostly appear for a short time. The book features a lot of different people and it can be hard to remember all of them but you really don’t have to. if you want you can make a small character sheet but I think that it’s only important to know the main characters or the characters that often appear in the book.
this book is about the author, Dolly Alderton‘s life and I absolutely love the way the book is created with the chapters and the smaller lists/ recipes in between. They create an atmosphere where it’s comfortable,easy and fast for me to read.
I love it! I would recommend it to everybody but what I would say is: the last few chapters are very angsty because she just has her 30th birthday so she’s kind of freaking out and talking about life moving fast so if that’s something you’re also scared of and don’t want to be reminded of it, just keep in mind that the last two chapters are going to be about that. The chapters end with a positive message so it’s okay :))

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funny reflective medium-paced

3.0

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